why does substr() exit my script?

[Anon]

maybe I've missed a point on the use of substr() but whenever I'm calling it, my script ends -

<?
.....script

$data=substr($file, $startpos+25, $length);

echo "The returned data: $data";
echo "I'm as thick as two short planks";
?>

Needless to say, $data is printed as it should, but the derogatory statement at me isn't.

Did I miss something?

[Anon]

Check what the source is. Could be there's an html command that's not been cllosed, so it doesn't print it..

eg. if you had $data = "...<option ";
and then echo "$data helllo world"; you will only see "..."